Urban Wine School Course Catalog

Our Course Catalog is designed to provide our students with a series of courses that build upon each other to provide a depth and breadth of wine education in a fun and engaging way. Our courses are live and instructor-led over Zoom and students receive an in-depth packet of information and reference materials for each class session. When you finish a course, you'll receive a completion certificate and a discount code to use to take another course in our catalog! 

After signing up for any course with Urban Wine School, you will receive invitations to to join our monthly online Urban Wine School Happy Hours, where you can socialize with your classmates, ask questions, and share knowledge! 

Our Course Offerings

How to Choose a Bottle (and Look Cool Doing it!): $20.00

This is a light and casual class to introduce people to the wine world & Urban Wine School. We will help our students answer the age-old question: How do you pick which bottle of wine is right for you? We will go over ways to boost your confidence and give you the practical skills and knowledge to select the perfect bottle for any occasion, and impress your friends! 

This is a live, instructor-led class that is 30-minutes in length, with some time for Q&A at the end. 

Just The Basics: Wine Made Fun: $249.00

Dive into the world of wine with our Just The Basics: Wine Made Fun course, which includes a series of five class sessions, each 45-60 minutes in length. This course gives our students practical skills, tools, and knowledge about selecting, serving and tasting wine like a pro, an introduction to the wine regions of the world, and wine & food pairing strategies.

These live, instructor-led classes are taught via Zoom once a week over a five-week period. 

Just The Basics: Wine Made Fun includes the following series of classes:

• Reading Labels & Opening Bottles
• Wine Service & Faults
• How to Taste Wine
• Food and Wine Pairing & Wine Storage
• New World vs. Old World

To accompany this course, you can purchase curated wine packs (4-pack or 6-pack) that can supplement your learning and enjoyment of the classes! As an option, you can purchase these wine packs online from our partner, WineJug, and have them delivered right to your home anywhere in the continental U.S.. If you would prefer a listing of instructor selected wines you can purchase at your local wine store instead to sample throughout this course, contact our Director of Wine Education at school@cleurbanwinery.com.

Exploring Wine Styles: $229.00

The next course in the series is Exploring Wine Styles course, a series of three 60-75 minute class sessions diving into the different styles of wine to help our students discover what each style has to offer and to select wines to enjoy with confidence.

This course is live and instructor-led via Zoom. 

Exploring Wine Styles includes the following series of classes:

• Red and White
• Rosé and Orange
• Sparkling and Fortified

To accompany this course, you can purchase a curated wine 6-pack that can supplement your learning and enjoyment of the classes! As an option, you can purchase these wine packs online from our partner, WineJug, and have them delivered right to your home anywhere in the continental U.S.. If you would prefer a listing of instructor selected wines you can purchase at your local wine store instead to sample throughout this course, contact our Director of Wine Education at school@cleurbanwinery.com.

Grapes To Glass: Understanding Grape Types: $229.00

The next course in the series is From Grapes to Glass: Understanding Grape Types, which includes two 75-90 minute class session which are live and instructor-led via Zoom. This course investigates the characteristics of major white wine and red wine grape types to help you get to know these grapes so that you can identify and select wines you'll love with confidence and skill. 

This course is live and instructor-led via Zoom. 

From Grapes To Glass: Understanding Grape Types includes the following series of classes:

• White Wine Grapes
• Red Wine Grapes

To accompany this course, you can purchase a curated wine 6-pack that can supplement your learning and enjoyment of the classes! As an option, you can purchase these wine packs online from our partner, WineJug, and have them delivered right to your home anywhere in the continental U.S.. If you would prefer a listing of instructor selected wines you can purchase at your local wine store instead to sample throughout this course, contact our Director of Wine Education at school@cleurbanwinery.com.

Around The World In Wine - $229.00

The last course in the series is called Around the World in Wine. This course consists of two 75-90 minute live, instructor-led class sessions via Zoom. It offers our students the opportunity to take a vacation through their taste buds, exploring and learning about wine regions of both the Old World and the New World in a fun, engaging and entertaining way. 

This course is live and instructor-led via Zoom. 

Around the World in Wine includes the following series of classes:

• New World
• Old World

To accompany this course, you can purchase a curated wine 6-pack that can supplement your learning and enjoyment of the classes! As an option, you can purchase these wine packs online from our partner, WineJug, and have them delivered right to your home anywhere in the continental U.S.. If you would prefer a listing of instructor selected wines you can purchase at your local wine store instead to sample throughout this course, contact our Director of Wine Education at school@cleurbanwinery.com.

COMING SOON!

Transformative Wine Experiences (LAUNCHING IN 2022)

We are planning to launch a series of classes we call Transformative Wine Experiences.

We’ll hold these classes in person (with all appropriate COVID-19 safety protocols, of course!), beginning in Cleveland at CLE Urban Winery and then expanding from there.

This series of courses seeks to create community and connection through wine - providing opportunities for hands-on exploration and interactive experiences to help you build confidence, learn new skills, and meet fellow wine people! The planned courses in development are listed below.

Stay tuned for more info on this!

We plan to offer in-person, interactive classes such as: 

• De-Mystifying Wine for Young Professionals
• Channeling Your Inner Sommelier
• Discovering Great Wines on a Budget
• Blind Wine Tasting and Evaluation
• Seasonal Wine and Food Pairing Events
• How to Host Your Own Wine Tasting at Home
• A Dive into Natural Wine

In the meantime, if you live in Ohio, you can partake in our themed Wine Tasting and Food Pairing Box! This special box contains 1.5oz pours of FIVE of our locally handcrafted wines in screw-top test tubes, expertly paired with fun food bites to enhance the wine tasting experience! Each month has a special theme. This is only available via the CLE Urban Winery website and can only be picked up at the winery in Cleveland Heights or delivered/shipped to a residential address in Ohio. Click here to check out this month's box!

Urban Winemaking (LAUNCHING IN 2022)

In early 2022, we also plan to launch an Urban Winemaking series. These will be live, instructor-led via Zoom.

The Midwest has a rich tradition of in-home, urban winemaking, using the recipes and traditions of immigrant ancestors who made wine for centuries as an integral part of family life and culture. We want to connect with this community of wine lovers with these family- and community-based winemaking traditions. We will have classes for students who want to make their very first batch of wine, those who want to improve upon the in-home, urban winemaking they are already doing, and those who want to confer and share knowledge with other urban winemaking professionals. We'll have a class or other offering for every urban winemaker, whether aspiring or experienced, to engage, learn, and connect through the winemaking process and traditions!

The offerings we are working on are shown below. 

Stay tuned for more details!

Courses we plan to offer include:

• Urban Winemaking for Beginners Course
• Becoming an Expert Urban Winemaker
• Urban Winemakers’ Forum